I love glass jars. I like to reuse them over and over. I will buy something like a jar of spaghetti sauce, use the sauce, shred the label on the jar, wash it and use it again. When you reuse a glass jar, you can see that there is an old label there that no…
Deep Freeze
Here in the deep south we have recently been in a deep freeze. The whole country has had some brutal winter weather, but it is really unusual to see the mercury dip down into single digits in South Carolina. It has probably been decades since the weather was this cold during a southern winter. Nine…
Wrapping Your Own Gifts
It was a good Christmas at the Post house. My kids have outgrown Santa, so I don’t sneak around like I used to, but I do have a few holiday secrets each year. This year I was caught in the middle of one of them. My 10 year old was inspecting gifts one day and…
A Part of Your World
My middle daughter was desperate to see the new Beauty and the Beast movie so she and I had a girl’s night out and enjoyed it immensely. Watching this movie caused us to start talking about other Disney movies. I have 4 daughters, so we have seen all the princess movies, some over and over….
I Feel Sorry for the Statue of Liberty
Well, I don’t feel sorry for THE Statue of Liberty. The person I feel sorry for is the guy on the corner dressed up like the Statue of Liberty. In our town there’s a tax service that uses the Statue of Liberty as their mascot. When January rolls around every year we start to see…
Sacred Space
By some people’s standards my parents were considered “strict” when I was growing up. My twin brother and I were no strangers to getting into trouble as a kid, but most of my spankings were for 2 reasons: my smart mouth (which still gets me into trouble today) and misbehaving in church (which I’m not…
What Winning Looks Like
She didn’t roam around the store or try to take off with 15 pair of socks or shred all the price tags into tiny pieces on the floor…
Keeping the Fire Burning
Even though my girls were outside playing today in the warmer temps, just a few days ago the mercury dipped down to the 20s and we had a dusting of snow on the ground. In the south, a “snow day” is a very big deal. We don’t get them often and the snow rarely stays…
The Modern Day Proverbs 31 Woman
When I was growing up, every Mother’s Day the preacher would pull out a sermon on Proverbs 31 to remind us all how a “real woman” were supposed to act and be. I don’t recall similar sermons on Father’s Day about how men should behave…but let me keep moving. I’m going to make a confession…
Mommas: You Are Not Failing.
Last week I found myself feeling sad. It was a combination of things. The death of a boy in a nearby county due to a school shooting, Hurricane Matthew on a war path heading toward our state, our current political quagmire, an article in the news about a special needs boy that broke my heart….I…
The Quirky Kid’s Guide to Eternity
As most of you know, my oldest daughter is profoundly Autistic and I often share lessons we learn from our journey as her parents. Something I do not talk about very often, however, is that my only son, my 15-year-old firstborn, has Asperger Syndrome. Although there are some similarities with their conditions from time to…
How to Defeat the Enemy
I recently wrote a post called “How to Recognize Spiritual Attack”. If you suspect you’ve been singled out by the enemy or have a bullseye on your back, then I hope you will take the time to read it. This post is the promised Part 2 follow-up. Many christians are not strangers to spiritual attacks. …
Grace in the Real World - by Connie Post 